59th Baeksang Arts Awards
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| 59th Baeksang Arts Awards | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Date | April 28, 2023 |
| Site | Incheon Paradise City, Incheon |
| Hosted by | |
| Organised by | JoongAng Group |
| Highlights | |
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| Most nominations |
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| Grand Prize – Film | Decision to Leave |
| Grand Prize – TV | Park Eun-bin (actress) – Extraordinary Attorney Woo |
| Website | Baeksang Arts Awards |
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| Network | |
| Viewership | 2.572% (Nielsen Korea)[1] |
The 59th Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제59회 백상예술대상) ceremony, organised by JoongAng Group, was held at Incheon Paradise City, Incheon on April 28, 2023, at 17:30 KST.[2] The event was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy, and Park Bo-gum and was broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC and internationally by TikTok.[3][4] The annual awards ceremony is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre, through strict screening conducted by 60 professional evaluators, judges in the industry, and a group of experts representing TV, film, and theater through a fierce screening process.[5]
The nominees were announced on April 7, 2023, via its official website. All works released between April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, were eligible for nominations.[6] The final candidates for the Grand Prize – Film category were the movie Decision to Leave and its director, Park Chan-wook.[7] For the Grand Prize – Television, the finalists included actress Park Eun-bin, the legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, actor Lee Sung-min, screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, and the revenge series The Glory.[8]
The night's highest honors, the Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to Decision to Leave in the film category and Park Eun-bin in the television category, respectively. Decision to Leave and The Night Owl were the most decorated films of the ceremony with three awards each, while The Glory was the most-awarded television series, also receiving three.
Film
Films with multiple awards
The following films received multiple awards:
| Wins | Films |
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| 3 | Decision to Leave |
| The Night Owl | |
| 2 | Next Sohee |
Films with multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
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| 8 | The Night Owl |
| 7 | Decision to Leave |
| Hunt | |
| 5 | Next Sohee |
| 4 | Hansan: Rising Dragon |
| 3 | Broker |
| The Roundup | |
| 2 | 6/45 |
| Kill Boksoon | |
| Life Is Beautiful | |
| The Apartment with Two Women | |
| The Girl on a Bulldozer |
Television
Television programs with multiple awards
The following television programs received multiple awards:
| Wins | Television programs |
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| 3 | The Glory |
| 2 | Extraordinary Attorney Woo |
Television programs with multiple nominations
The following television programs received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Television programs |
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| 10 | Extraordinary Attorney Woo |
| 9 | The Glory |
| 7 | My Liberation Notes |
| 4 | Anna |
| Little Women | |
| 3 | Our Blues |
| Reborn Rich | |
| 2 | Crash Course in Romance |
| Under the Queen's Umbrella |
Theater
Baeksang Theater | |
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Best Acting |
Best Newcomer |
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Special Awards
The voting for the TikTok Popularity Award was held from 11:00 KST on April 18 to 16:00 KST on April 26 via TikTok.[13][14]
| Awards | Recipient |
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| TikTok Popularity Award – Male | Park Jin-young |
| TikTok Popularity Award – Female | Lee Ji-eun |
| Gucci Impact Award | Next Sohee |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals and teams, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
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Presenters
Performers
| Name(s) | Performed | Ref. |
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| Park Jin-young, Kim Si-eun, Oh Ji-yul, Lim Ji-ho, Kang Hyun-oh and Kim Jung-young | "A Throwing Stone" | [16] |